Teluk Intan by election is not going to be an easy
fight for the DAP and Pakatan Rakyat as BN will definitely go all out to try to
win back the seat.

With the present hudud controversy still going on,
we can expect Gerakan and BN to continue with their politics of lies and
falsehoods against the DAP. Without a doubt, BN will also resort to its usual
politics of money.

DAP candidate Dyana Sofya at 27 is young, but she is
a brave Malaysian Malay who will fight for all races.

Although she has not become a wakil rakyat,she already dared to make asuggestion that no Gerakan leader , including the BN
candidateMah Siew Keong hasever dared to say – that is , UiTMtype university should be set up to allow non
Malays to seekgood university degree
with minimum fees.

But Dyana Sofya is the underdog in the by election.She is fighting an uphill battle. Can this
young, brave and principled talent triumph on May 31?

In 1997 , DAP had turned around a BN majority
of 13,968 in the 1995 general election to a DAP majority of 2,916 in the Teluk Intan
by-election which I was fielded as the DAP candidate.

In 2008, DAP’s Manogaran defeated
Mah Siew Keong witha majority of 1470
votes. In the last general election , the late Seah Leong Peng had won with a
majority of 7313 votes.

These victories show that the Teluk
Intan voters could rise to the occasion and
create history. I therefore call on the courageous Teluk Intan
voters to again rise to the occasion and vote Dyana Sofia into Parliament on
May 31. Let her roar in Parliament!

Of course, DAP’s victory in Teluk
Intan will not be just about sending a brave young Member of Parliament to roar
in Parliament, it has other significance too.

Although Pakatan Rakyat’s mission
to capture Putrajaya did not matreiliase at the last general election,
Malaysians who have been yearning for
changemust never give up the
missionto bring about a political
change and a better country for all.

Teluk Intan by election , just like
the Bukit Gelugor by election, must lay stronger foundation for Pakatan Rakyat
to march towards the CapturePutrajaya
objective in the next general election. The momentum of Pakatan Rakyat’s
mission tocapture Putrajaya must be
sustained and given new boost and victories in these twoby electionsare important .

Teluk Intan by election should also
be used as an oppourtunity for the voters to send a clear message , on behalf
of Malaysians , to BN government on how the people are disappointed and angry
with the continued incompetency of the BN government after the 2013 general
election.

The people should vote to tell the
BN government their unhappiness about the hasty implementation of GST, the
abuse of the draconian 1948 Sedition Act against opposition leaders, the government’s non action against
extreme groups which made racially and religiously provocative remarksandmany other issues which have proven that the BN government is not a
government that can walk the talk on its 1 Malaysia concept.

Some newspaper analysis have
recently said that the bigger DAP majority in 2013 was due to the fact that
many Teluk Intan parliament voters who reside in other states and Singapore had
returned to vote and it is unlikely that many of them will makea special trip for the upcoming by election.

I therefore would liketo call on all Teluk Intan voters who are now
residing outside Teluk Intan to return and vote on the polling day to ensure
DAP’s victory.